Friday, 31 October 2014

Nigeria’s Folorunsho Alakija Is The 9th Richest Woman In The World

Nigeria’s
businesswoman and
oil mogul Folunsho Alakija has been named 9th richest woman in the world. The list published by America’s website Wealth –X claims the selection was done based on
the richest woman in each region of the world.

Top of the list is Christy Walton, who inherited a
portion of the Walmart fortune after her husband’s death in 2005, with an
estimated net worth of US$37.9 billion.

She is closely followed in second place by Liliane
Bettencourt, heiress of the French cosmetic giant L’Oreal, whose personal
fortune of US$31.3 billion earns her the title of richest woman in Europe.

The oldest female billionaire on the list is Bettencourt
at 92 years of age, while the youngest is 33-year-old Yang Huiyan, whose father
Yang Guoquiang transferred 70% of his shares in Country Garden Group, a Chinese
real estate development firm, to her before the its 2007 IPO.

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s three daughters – who,
along with their brothers, have been on the receiving end of the asset transfer
that Slim reportedly began in 2003 – emerged as the richest women in Latin
America. Each of the three sisters is estimated to be worth US$6.3 billion.